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Alternative medicine might help treat premature ejaculation

Complementary and alternative medicine options may help men manage premature ejaculation, according to a new review of existing research.

Games, crafts, other activities may safeguard aging brain

Even in your 70s and beyond, simple activities including web-surfing, playing bridge and socializing may help stave off mental decline.

Depression is as bad for your heart as high cholesterol

When you think of heart attacks, you might assume the most common causes are smoking, high cholesterol, or obesity.

Robin Williams' death: Were warning signs missed?

Robin Williams made no secret of his battles with substance abuse and depression.

Paris and Michael Jackson: Does depression run in families?

Paris Jackson recently spoke about struggling with both depression and anxiety.

Students given potentially lethal doses of caffeine

A misplaced decimal point put two students at Northumbria University in the ICU.

Lundbeck bets on shark antibodies for new brain drugs

Danish drugmaker Lundbeck is betting that shark antibodies may offer a new way of getting drugs into the brain to fight Alzheimer's and other diseases, after successful early research with privately owned U.S. biotech firm Ossianix.

How to treat an opioid epidemic

The grim faces of the nation’s opioid epidemic—an overdosing parent slumped in the front seat of a car, mouth agape, with a neglected child in the rear seat—have become too familiar in recent years.

Inspiring video of plus-size ballerina smashing stereotypes goes viral

A 15-year-old ballerina is going viral for smashing stereotypes, with some calling her an inspiration and others saying she’s a role model for body confidence.

Woman dies from nearly 10-inch hairball

A 24-year-old woman died of complications arising from a hairball that extended 9.84 inches from her stomach into her intestines, an inquest heard.